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Motivation through the Design of Work: Test of a Theory.
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In this paper, a model is proposed that specifies the conditions under which individuals will become internally motivated to perform effectively on their jobs, focusing on the interaction among three classes of variables: (a) the psychological states of employees that must be present for internally motivated work behavior to develop; (b) the characteristics of jobs that can create these psychological states; and (c) the attributes of individuals that determine how positively a person will respond to a complex and challenging job.About:
This article is published in Organizational Behavior and Human Performance.The article was published on 1976-08-01. It has received 7444 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Job characteristic theory & Job analysis.read more
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A Theoretical Extension of the Technology Acceptance Model: Four Longitudinal Field Studies
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A three-component conceptualization of organizational commitment
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Employee Reactions to Job Characteristics: A Constructive Replication
Arthur P. Brief,Ramon J. Aldag +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the relationship between job characteristics and employee affective reactions by a partial replication and found that significant positive correlations were found between job dimensions and employee reactions, while the role of higher order need strength was found to be more complex.
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Alienation, environmental characteristics, and worker responses.
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Job Characteristics and Internal Motivation: The Moderating Effect of Interpersonal and Individual Variables
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the relationship between the internal work motivation of employees and their job performance, and the moderating effect of individual growth need strength, co-worker satisfaction, and supervisory satisfaction on the relationships between several job characteristics and internal motivation.
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The moderating effect of work-related values on the job scope-job satisfaction relationship☆☆☆
TL;DR: In this paper, the relationship between satisfaction with the work itself (SWI) and job scope (JS) was examined for the study's total sample and for subsamples formed by grouping individuals on the basis of their scores on each of six workrelated values measures and a Protestant ethic (PE) index involving these measures.